Armenian National Committee of Australia

The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) (Armenian: Ավստրալիայի Հայ դատի յանձնախումբ) is considered one of the largest and most influential grassroots organization representing the Armenian Australian community in Australia. ANC-AU represents a total of 36 Armenian-Australian organisations with over 5,500 memberships, in addition to the broader Armenian-Australian community of an estimated 50,000.[1]

Armenian National
Committee of Australia
TypeNGO
Headquarters259 Penshurst St, Willoughby, Sydney, Australia
Official language
English, Armenian
Executive director
Haig Kayserian
Chairman
Khajaque Kortian
Websitewww.anca.org.au

ANC-AU works in areas of political and educational activities, including:

  • Informing and influencing the Australian Government policy on affairs of interest to the Armenian-Australian community;
  • Raising public awareness in support of an independent and united Armenia;
  • Representing the collective Armenian-Australian community on public policy.[2]

In February 2020, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) and Australian Hellenic Council (AHC) initiated the launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia's Parliament House, calling for Australia's national recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides of 1915 as a priority on behalf of their communities.[3]

Haig Kayserian was appointed the organisation's Executive Director in January 2018.[4]

Executive Directors
Ordinal Officeholder Term start Term end Time in office Notes
1 Varant Meguerditchian 2007 2012 4–5 years [5]
2 Vache Kahramanian 2012 2017 4–5 years
3 Haig Kayserian 2018 incumbent

References
  1. "Raising patriotism on both sides': Armenian and Azerbaijani Australians watch conflict spiral online". www.abc.net.au. 2020-10-03. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  2. "Armenian National Committee of Australia: About Us". www.anc.org.au. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  3. "Australian Government Minister Supports Recognition of Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides". www.aina.org. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  4. Contributor, Guest (2017-12-20). "Haig Kayserian Appointed Executive Director of the Armenian National Committee of Australia". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  5. "News". www.anc.org.au. Retrieved 2020-10-09.

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